{"id":128037,"date":"2022-08-20T16:21:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-20T10:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/what-happened-moments-after-a-man-made-a-nazi-salute\/"},"modified":"2022-08-20T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T10:53:01","slug":"what-happened-after-a-nazi-salute-was-made-by-a-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/what-happened-after-a-nazi-salute-was-made-by-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened after a Nazi salute was made by a man?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>A Nazi is a terrible person.<\/p>\n<p>In August 2017, a group far-right white supremacists invaded Charlottesville, Virginia. They were met with strong resistance.<\/p>\n<p>A counter-fascist demonstration was able to overcome the controversial &#8220;Unite the Right&#8221; rally that Jason Kessler organized to prevent the removal Confederate General Robert E Lee&#8217;s statue. <\/p>\n<p>Heather Heyer, 32, was killed in violence and unrest after a car driven by James Alex Fields Jr., a white supremacist, drove into a crowd to stop the extremists. Another 19 were also injured.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/newsletters?itm_channel=native&amp;itm_campaign=footer&amp;itm_audience=prospecting&amp;itm_content=newsletters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a>Get our weekly Indy100 newsletter for free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nazi paraphernalia, imagery, and imagery were widespread among far-right protestors. It included swastikas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"070dd1b347100c1fe2c2a98848e1e862\" id=\"dcdeb\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"896410967092940802\">\n<p>Video: Alt-right marcher shouting &#8220;Heil, Trump&#8221;Waving the nazi salute<\/p>\n<p>via @tomperriello #charlottesville #AMJoy https:\/\/t.co\/s3MMSxEhWe<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Scott Dworkin (@Scott Dworkin)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/funder\/statuses\/896410967092940802\" rel=\"noopener\">1502556003<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is quite shocking to think that such things are happening in 21st Century America. However, one man who was brave enough to express his far-right beliefs in Charlottesville got his comeuppance in a series of perfectly timed photos.<\/p>\n<p>This reminds us of the time Richard Spencer, a prominent white supremacist and coeditor of far right website, was at his best. <a class=\"body-link\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-7892276-https:\/\/altright.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/altright.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>AltRight.com<\/em><\/a>President Trump was punched during his inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>An almost identical incident took place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/nazi-far-right-adolf-hitler-salute-city-second-world-war-a7890731.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2017<\/a>A drunken American tourist was punched in the face after he gave the Nazi salute to Dresden.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, a 41-year-old male, was attacked and taken to hospital. He is being sought for bodily injury.<\/p>\n<p>Two Chinese tourists were caught saluting outside Berlin&#8217;s Reichstag Building in a gesture that is illegal in Germany.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Get involved in our news democracy. Click here <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Upvote the icon at the top to help this article rise through the ranks.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Nazi is a terrible person. In August 2017, a group far-right white supremacists invaded Charlottesville, Virginia. They were met with strong resistance. A counter-fascist demonstration was able to overcome the controversial &#8220;Unite the Right&#8221; rally that Jason Kessler organized to prevent the removal Confederate General Robert E Lee&#8217;s statue. Heather Heyer, 32, was killed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":128038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/What-happened-moments-after-a-man-made-a-Nazi-salute.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128039,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128037\/revisions\/128039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}